WELLINGTON.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 187, 8 August 1881, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

(From our own correspondent.) [By Telegraph.] This Day. Among the new notices of motion are the following }=- Mr Levin i,s to ask the Commissioner of Customs on Tuesday afternoon if it is true that in several ports o'£ the Colony kerosene oil is permitted to be landed without being marked "dangerous," notwithstanding the fact that it does not reach tho standard of 110 degrees flash,— Air Reeves will ask the Minister for Defence on Wednesday next (I) If it is a fact that after the Estimates were passed last session many sergeants and constables were reduced in rank, and six pence per day taken off their pay besides tho 10 per cent reduction ? (2) If there has been any Bimilar reduction in the defence force ? — Dr Wallis has given notice of his intention to more on Wednesday next that the Government be requested to bring down during the present session a Bill to enable women to vote at the election of members of this House;— On Thursday next Mr Reeves ia to ask the Postmaster General if the Government will take into their favorable consideration the advisability of reducing the present charge for ordinary and delayed telegrams one half. — When the Upper House goes into committee on the Education Act Amendment Bill the Attorney-General will move an amendment with the view of limiting the Bible reading in schools to 20 minutes, and providing that it shall in no case interfere with the school hours specified in the Act, and that it shall not be compulsory on any teacher or child to attend such reading.— Mr Andrews has given notice of a motion to the effect that Government tenders be opened at the appointed time with open doors, so that the tenderers may be present if so inclined. The " beginning of the end" seem 3 to be approaching. Iv the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon the Attorney-General said he believed from the course events were taking in the Lower House that no more Bills would come from there, and thus the Council would be able to overtake its work without holding evening^ittiugs. tinder the scheme of re-distribution of representation Hawke'a Bay and Taranaki each stiil retain their members, the district boundaries, however, beiDg revised. Westland will have two districts, Hokitika and Kumara ; Wellington will have an additional member for tbe City which will be divided into three districts: — Thorndon, Te Aro, and Newton. The other Wellington districts are :— Hutt, Foxton, Manawatu, Rangitikei, Wairarapa South and North and Waitotara. Marlborongh will have two districts, Picton and Wairau. At a full meeting of Auckland members on Sitarday it was resolved, " That the redistribution of seats in both Islands take place on the basis of population, Maoris included." . The Church Trusts Incorporation Bill which is promoted by the dioceses of Christchurch and DunediD, and strongly opposed by tbe Wellington and Nelson dioceses, and also, I believe, by Auckland, was supposed to be Bhelved by the motion for recommittal being carried, but it come 3 up again on Tuesday, when Btrenuoue efforts will be made to push it through, which will be as firmly opposed. It haß been suggested as a compromise that a special meeting of the General Synod be called on the occasion of opening the Christcharch Cathedral next December when the Bill might be submitted, and if then opposed by the Synod, all opposition to cease at the next session of Parliament. 2 pea. The Governor leaves for a visit to Fiji and the Pacific Islands as soon as Parliament is prorogued. H.M.S. Emerald is to be here on the sth proximo, and will wait for His Excellency. The duratioa of bis intended absence is uncertain. The Premier will almost certainly deliver the Public Works Statement to-morrow evening. It is all ready for delivery, and will be brought down unless any unforeseen impediment intervenes. There is great activity in tho lobbies over the Representation Bill, and efforts are being made to form a compact phalanx to seize the lion's share of spoil. This may help Nelson to save some of bar threatened constituencies.